Robert Provine: the critical human importance of laughter, connections and contagion. [PDF]
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci, 2022 Scott SK, Cai CQ, Billing A.
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Radical dystopia: The comic modernism of George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty‐Four
Orbis Litterarum, EarlyView.Abstract The present essay turns the received view of George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty‐Four on its head, arguing that Orwell's dystopian classic mobilizes the modernist techniques of T. S. Eliot's The Waste Land to lampoon the ideological fatalism of Eliot and other cultural conservatives.
Magnus Ullén
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An international survey of the relatives and friends of electroconvulsive therapy recipients
Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice, EarlyView.Abstract Objectives This study aimed to address the paucity of studies of the relatives and friends of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) patients. Methods A total of 1144 people responded to an online survey. Results The respondents included 286 relatives and friends of ECT recipients, from 22 countries.
Christopher Harrop +5 more
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A cross-sectional study to assess pragmatic strengths and weaknesses in healthy ageing. [PDF]
BMC Geriatr, 2022 Hilviu D +3 more
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The Painterly Materiality of Clouds in Antony and Cleopatra and Hamlet
Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.Abstract This article examines the cloud‐gazing scenes in Antony and Cleopatra and Hamlet through the lens of early modern artistic theory and material practices, particularly the art of limning. Building upon existing philosophical and poetic interpretations of Shakespearean clouds as metaphors for ephemerality and memory, the essay argues that the ...
Anne‐Valérie Dulac
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Using plenary focus groups in information systems research: More than a collection of interviews [PDF]
, 2008 Standard data collection techniques in qualitative research have included surveys, interviews and observations. The Focus group technique is a more recent addition to the empirical researcher's repertoire and is highly appropriate to Information Systems ...
Sobreperez, P
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The Australian Journal of Anthropology, EarlyView.Abstract How can anthropologists ensure the accuracy of the statements they make in their publications, especially in an era of ever increasing budgetary and bureaucratic pressures that limit the duration of fieldwork? What should the role of language abilities be in this context and to what degree is it necessary to learn the language of the place ...
Mark Collins, Tukul Walla Kaiku
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Apragmatism: The renewal of a label for communication disorders associated with right hemisphere brain damage. [PDF]
Int J Lang Commun Disord, 2023 Minga J +5 more
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Feeling Virtue: An Enactive Theory of Approval
Theoria, EarlyView.ABSTRACT A neo‐sentimentalist theory of virtue holds that a trait is virtue if, and only if, it merits approval. Neo‐sentimentalists tend to be sceptical about the prospect of such a theory because it seems unlikely that feelings of approval can be characterised without reference to the notion of virtue. I argue that that scepticism is uncalled for. My
Rafael Graebin Vogelmann
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The [ADJ + as] intensifier construction in Māori English/Aotearoa English
World Englishes, EarlyView.Abstract We introduce the Waikato Māori English Conversation (MEC) corpus, which consists of 43 dyadic conversations between 49 young adults who self‐recorded informal conversations with close friends, in their own homes, with no topic of conversation specified (83 hours of dialogue; nearly 800,000 words).
Andreea S. Calude, Hēmi Whaanga
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